The Wildlife News. October 23, 2015. Extensive sourced statistics and visuals on the effects of animal agriculture on greenhouse gases, water resources, land use, waste and pollution, health of our ecosystems, and human health. Hyner, Christopher. Some experts state that we’ve already hit peak oil reserves. According to an interview conducted by Dr. Oppenlander with Simon Stuart, PhD, chair of the International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission: “Habitat loss from grazing livestock and feed crops is far and away the most pervasive threat to terrestrial animal species, impacting 86 percent of all mammals, 88 percent of amphibians, and 86 percent of all birds. The Alliance for Global Conservation estimates 36 percent of all species on our planet are in danger of extinction. National Geographic News. 29 November 2006, Walsh, Bryan. "Hydraulic Fracturing for Oil and Gas and its Environmental Impacts". The Allan Savory Approach Examined". 7. The Hero App. Build heroic strength, mobility & endurance. comfortablyunaware: Global Depletion and Food Choice Responsibility. Minneapolis, MN : Langdon Street, 2013. Rome. "Food Facts: How Much Water Does it Take to Produce...?" October 1989, "Tropical Deforestation". The widespread use of pesticides, herbicides and chemical fertilizers used in the production of feed crops often interferes with the reproductive systems of animals and poison waterways. – 45lbs of grain saved per day: Grain: multiply ounces of each meat consumed daily per person by the feed conversion factor for each animal. The Guardian. World Bank Working Paper No. Research Journal of Recent Sciences. We have made it clear in the film that 13% of GHG emissions only accounts for the exhaust from the worlds vehicles. Would be it be possible to obtain an editable copy for translation? Dec. 16, 2013 (New), Thornton, Phillip, et al. In the film, Kip and Keegan attempt to uncover the real reasons as to why the impact of modern animal agriculture remains hidden from the public view. Cows produce (63 lbs. 1993. (New). People compare Cowspiracy to Blackfish and an Inconvenient Truth, both of which were hard-hitting documentaries that had a widespread impact, and raised massive awareness. May 20,2013, "Livestock a major threat to environment. I will edit tit at some point though! National Geographic: Ocean Views. "California's Water Footprint". Nature. Learn how your comment data is processed. If you have doubts about the validity of the facts presented in Cowspiracy, you could recommend Meat the Truth instead. Oh stop criticizing ALL! [viii] The figures for by-kill rates can be as high as 20lbs of untargeted species trapped for every pound of targeted animals killed. 20 October 2015, Zielinski, Sarah. Parents need to know that Cowspiracy is a 2014 documentary addressing how animal agriculture is the largest cause of pollution worldwide and that none of the largest environmental groups are talking about it. Georgetown Environmental Law Review. Eat meat? EarthSave International, Eishel, Gordon, et al. What are the facts? "Cattle Ranching in the Amazon Rainforest". Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret is a groundbreaking feature-length environmental documentary following intrepid filmmaker Kip Andersen as he … "Amazon Destruction". Making a Difference With Every Bite: The Power of the Fork!". Time. "Agricultural sustainability and intensive production practices". The Telegraph. I think it’s great for different people to work on the different parts of the problem. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. x 7.84 m.) = 39.2 million lbs. The amount of water used to produce 1lb. December 2011, "Rearing cattle produces more greenhouse gases than driving cars, UN report warns". "Vegetarianism and the Environment. (2004) 54 (10): 909-918, "How Important is Irrigation to U.S. [xi] A single cow can produce between 66-132 gallons of methane a day. Johnny's Selected Seeds, Schwab, Denise, et al. Science of the Total Environment 536 (2015) 419-431, "Risk Management Evaluation for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations". "Pink Slime and the Legal History of Food Disparagement". Sure, the situation we’re currently in is far from ideal. Climactic Change July 2014., Volume 125, Issue 2, pp 179-192, "Meat Eater's Guide to Climate Change and Health". 111 No. = 19,544.7 g per acre, DeBruicker, Julie. 27 November 2014, "Carbon Dioxide Emissions to 2040". The water is used to power turbines or for cooling and is almost always returned to the source immediately. April 2014, Friedrich, Bruce. You can download the images using the links in the blog post above – there’s also one of the original .svg file that you can edit in Inkscape. Number 89. Food Choice and Sustainability: Why Buying Local, Eating Less Meat, and Taking Baby Steps Won’t Work. ll my programs, 1000’s of workouts & 150+ coaches in one place. Laying Hens produce (.25 x 350.7 m.) = 87.675 million lbs. Of all these land ecoregions, almost half are reported by lead scientists (interviews/discussions) to have livestock as a current threat. "How Bad of a Greenhouse Gas is Methane? of waste per day x 9.32 million dairy cows, [vi] Enough waste to cover, etc: based on 1 pound of waste per 1 square foot of land, “Animal farms produce as much manure as small and medium sized cities. 40 (2013) 194-204, Tabuchi, Hiroko, Rigny, Claire & White, Jeremy. 1 January 2006. February 23, 2006, Ceballos, Gerardo, et al. Failing that, you can download the image and re-upload it to your site. 19 June 2015. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. "100 Million Sharks Killed Every Year, Study Show on Eve of International Conference on Shark Protection". Actually, several steps further. 179-192, Pimentel, David & Pimental, Marcia. Could you please share the infographic translated into spanish? This FAO report failed to represent urgency in regard to climate change and reductions of greenhouse gas emissions, performed no analysis of alternatives, and failed to present risks versus benefits of raising livestock on a global scale. When I have kids someday, I’ll definitely be showing them your comics 🙂. 2003, Tabuchi, Hiroko, Rigny, Claire & White, Jeremy. World Resources Institute. [xix]   Few prominent scientists will openly proclaim the connection of their research findings with the need to eliminate animal agriculture or promotion of fully plant based nutrition. "Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks 1990-2015". The vegan documentary What the Health launched in March of this year, and has received much backlash.From the same creators as Cowspiracy, these documentaries essentially serve to scare the population into consuming a plant-based diet.. It really is one of the important documentaries I’ve ever watched, and I strongly urge you to see it as soon as possible. Vegetarian Times. Print. Throughout the film we are taken face to face with environmental organizations, including one I wrote for in 2014 that I’m very familiar with and hold a big place in my heart for: Sierra Club. August 2010, "Did you know? 50. "The Ultimate Mystery Meat: Exposing the Secrets Behind Burger King and Global Meat Production". Our rainforests and the species that inhabit them are about to disappear. No. The creators signed on big name producers like Leonardo DiCaprio and Joaquin Phoenix in order to provide some … But we can only do our best! Bureau of Land Management, Ede, Sharon. January, 2017, Butler, Rhett. The second half was especially great. Meatonomic$: The Bizarre Economics of Meat and Dairy. per bushel = 3,150 dry soybeans per acre, Soybeans protein content (dry) is 163.44 grams per pound, The protein content per acre of soybeans is 163.44 g x 3,150 lb. I wish they could have put an estimate on the amount of agriculture money spent lobbying. The Telegraph. "Paris climate deal to ignite a $90 trillion energy revolution". "Cattle Ranching's Impact on the Rainforest". The Population Institute, Meat Eater: 18x as much as a vegan   [xvii], Robbins, John. Sea levels are rising, along with temperatures. Produced by Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn (and backed by plant powered ultra-man Rich Roll), Cowspiracy shows us how our food choices impact the health of the planet we live on. It’s also provably false that there is a “97% consensus” on human caused climate change by scientists. Time. August 2013, McWilliams, James F. "All Sizzle and No Steak. Sister of Notre Dame de Namur, "The USDA's War on Wildlife". "Executive Summary: Feed Supply". Whatever feels good for you. November 2013. Q: Why isn’t the film free on Youtube? April 2016 (New), "How much have you saved?" [ix] “The USDA currently forecasts 2013/14 palm oil production…total area devoted to oil palm plantings is estimated at a record 10.8 million hectares.” [26.7 million acres], [x] “[Dorothy Stang’s] death prompted Amazon activists – more than 1,000 of whom have been murdered in the last 20 years – to demand Brazil’s government crack down on the illegal seizure and clearance of the rainforest to graze cattle, raise soy crops, and harvest timber.”, “More than 1,100 activists, small farmers, judges, priests and other rural workers have been killed in land disputes in the last two decades.”. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience. One in every eight birds, one in every three amphibians, and one in every four mammals is facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the near future. Because more than 50% of the land use changes on Earth are related to livestock (ILRI), 70 to 90% of freshwater pollution in western countries (particularly the U.S. and China) can be traced back to animal agriculture, minimally 14.5% of anthropogenic GHG emissions/climate change, and 100% of “exploitation of marine environments” is related to the global commercial fishing industry, it can be safely and confidently demonstrated that “the primary driver of global species’ extinctions and loss of biodiversity is animal agriculture.”. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. January 2016 (New), Pauly, Daniel & Zeller, Dirk. Healthy eating plans, strength and mobility workouts, habit changing guides, giveaways and much more.Â, Just to clarify, I’m in no way affiliated with Cowspiracy. Marine Policy. At HERO Movement, we use cookies to improve your experience. nice infographic! [/block], Note: the facts used in the Cowspiracy Infographic were collected from cowspiracy.com and are accurate as of the 25th November 2014.Â, [tdivider style=”fa-bookmark” color=”#292929″], As you can see, some of the facts from the film are pretty crazy…. United Nations Environment Programme, "General situation of world fish stocks". Journal of Animal Science. This is higher than transport. These cookies do not store any personal information. "Wedge wolf pack will be killed because of its increasing beef consumption". 3 November 2006, Roach, John. Then came Blackfish and Vegucated, shortly followed by Earthlings (not for the faint hearted). January 2017, Butler, Rhett A. However, the GWP of methane is actually 86 GWP at 20 years, 4    the report gave no consideration to carbon sequestration potential lost on land now used for livestock and feed production, which should have been considered as emissions (45% of the land mass on Earth now used by livestock and crops to feed them–International Livestock Research Institute), 5    Consideration should be given to the fact that the lead authors have potential bias in this report; Pierre Gerber is the Livestock Policy Officer of the FAO and Henning Steinfeld is Chief, Livestock Information of the Livestock Sector Policy Branch of the FAO. "Brazilian faces retrial over murder of environmental activist nun in Amazon". Thank you for sharing it! Keep up the great work on your site. "Water Resources: Agricultural and Environmental Issues". "Water Resources: Agricultural and Environmental Issues". 06 January 2015. We will continually update this list with further resources as they become available, "Livestock's Long Shadow: environmental issues and options". Environmental Protection Agency. The Economist. By the numbers: GHG emissions by livestock". 1    there was no consideration of the effects of raising livestock on continued warming, acidification, deoxygenation and therefore diminished climate regulatory mechanisms of our oceans or time lines related to potential detrimental effects on the oxygen-nitrogen-carbon dioxide cycling capacities. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Pigs produce (14 lbs. We choose to use in the film the widely cited conservative number of 2500 gallons per pound of US beef from Dr. George Borgstrom, Chairman of Food Science and Human Nutrition Dept of College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University, "Impacts on Demand for and Quality of land and Water." August 2013, "Executive Summary: Feed Supply". Water Resources and Industry. July 2012, Veiga, J.B., et al. 8 (Aug., 1998) pp. 30 seconds of fact checking later: "The meat figure had been reached by adding all greenhouse-gas emissions associated with meat production, including fertiliser production, land clearance, methane emissions, and vehicle use on farms, whereas the transport figure had only included the burning of fossil fuels." Like many others, I kicked things off a few years ago with Food Inc and Forks Over Knives. The classics. of waste per day x 1.74 billion broiler chickens, -Laying Hens, .25 lbs. I’ve produced a couple before: one on the potential benefits of a plant based diet, and one on climate change. [xvi]  $414 billion of externalized costs breaks down to: $314 billion in health-care costs, $38 billion in subsides, $37 billion in environmental costs, $21 billion in cruelty costs, $4 billion in fishing-related costs. The Allan Savory Approach Examined". April 2013, "Livestock production index". "Grass-fed and Organic Beef: Production Costs and Breakeven Market Prices, 2008-2009". Cornell Chronicle. Some of you are doing it for health reasons. "Dietary greenhouse gas emissions of meat-eaters, fish-eaters, vegetarians and vegans in the UK". Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. The US lower 48 states represents 1.9 billion acres. June 2016 (New), "About Sister Dorothy Stang". In my opinion, Cowspiracy takes things a step further. — which equals 20.36 pounds of CO2 Eq saved per day. based off 1lb of waste per 1sqft at 1.4 billion tons. "The Triple Whopper Environmental Impact of Global Meat Production". Livestock xchange. Feel free to use the share buttons to the left to send it out on Twitter, Facebook, Stumbleupon, Pinterest, Reddit, via email… Make paper aeroplanes out of it and throw them from the rooftop if you like. Oppenlander, Richard A.Food Choices and Sustainability: Why Buying Local, Eating Less Meat, and Taking Baby Steps Won’t Work. Smil, Vaclav. Most organizations that associate their work with species and ecosystem/biodiversity concerns as well as the scientific community as a whole believe that the six main threats to our oceans are climate change, overfishing, predator loss, pollution, destruction of habitat, and bycatch, (“bykill”). Why are so many of the world’s top environmental organisations ignoring the elephant in the room? We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Agricultural and Applied Economics Association: Choices. Nature Communications. I kind of wish they had made the film half as long so that it kept people’s attention better, although I certainly had no problems watching to the end. "10 Rainforest Facts for 2017". Vegetarian Times. Minneapolis, MN: Langdon Street, 2013. Independent. But whatever your initial reason ‘why’, you’ve now got another big one to back it up with. Well, according to "Cowspiracy" it's time to either put your money where your mouth is and step away from that burger, or find another way to self-identify. Population and Development Review 37 (4): 613-636 (December 2011), Simon, David. Nature 418, 671-677. Science. Global governmental institutions such as the United Nations and its FAO should examine all the facts and present them accordingly as they interrelate. You’re right, and I did dither over that when I put the infographic together, but ended up keeping it the same as the cowspiracy site. Environmental Working Group. November 2011, Animal agriculture contributes to species extinction in many ways. Based on rough averages of water at .5-1 gallon (.75 gallons) x 7.5011 billion = 5.626 billion gallons of water and 7,605 metric tons of food produced per minute = 24.143 billion pounds of food per day. [v], "Animal Manure Management". "Accelerated modern human-induced species loss: Entering the sixth mass extinction". "Meat and Animal Feed". Discussion Guide Cowspiracy 4. www.influencefilmclub.com We believe a good documentary "Saving the World with Livestock? "Murder of Brazil official marks new low in war on Amazon environmentalists". May 2012. "The Triple Whopper Environmental Impact of Global Meat Production". 4 minutes into the documentary, they tell you that cattle produces more CO2 than the entire transport industry. Oppenlander, Richard A. "We Already Grow Enough Food for 10 Billion People...and Still Can't End Hunger, Common Dreams: Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. December 2012, (NOTE. Click here to join The Hero Academy get access to them and loads of other free resources! "COWSPIRACY: The Sustainability Secret" is a groundbreaking feature-length environmental documentary following an intrepid filmmaker as he uncovers the most destructive industry facing the planet today, and investigates why the world's leading environmental organizations are … "Biomass use, production, feed efficiencies, and greenhouse gas emissions from global livestock systems". "Amazon Deforestation, Once Tamed, Comes Roaring Back". Food Choice and Sustainability: Why Buying Local, Eating Less Meat, and Taking Baby Steps Won’t Work. "10 Rainforest Facts for 2017". Why are we encouraged to change our light bulbs, have shorter showers and avoid palm oil, but nothing gets said about our diets? I think making it to netflix could make a massive difference, for sure. Agriculture at a Crossroads. Public Health Reports 2012 Jan-Feb; 127 (1): 4-22, 7,605 metric tons of food produced per minute, Holt-Giménez, Eric. Cowspiracy – Facts & Figures Cowspiracy. 4 (ISC-2014), 1-7 (2015) (New), "Summary of Estimated Water Use in the United States in 2005". Print. September 2003. vol 78. no 3 660S-663S. Glaser, Christine, et al. So that your children can grow up in a safe, healthy, sustainable environment. Well done infographic! It’s a bit frustrating. 607-615, Pala, Christopher. *broiler chickens are raised 5 times per year, (a total of 8.69 billion per year) so any given day there are1.74 billion broiler chickens. Kip Andersen, Keegan Kuhn. It’s probably quite fitting that for Cowspiracy I would combine the two ideas…, [block background=”#fce48d” text_color=”#545454″ rounded=”true” shadow=”true”]Download The High Res Metric Version (and raw SVG file for translating): There’s been a big demand for high resolution copies of the metric and imperial versions of the infographic, and some people also want access to the original SVG file for translating into different languages. USDA: Natural Resources Conservation Service. Georgetown Environmental Law Review. govegan.com. The sad thing is I imagined them dismissing it when they saw that the narrator had what they would call something like surfer hair, and one of the interviewees had three earrings. The Guardian. "Livestock and Climate Change: What if the key actors in climate change are...cows, pigs and chickens?". Ranganathan, Janet & Waite, Richard. "The World Hunger-Food Choice Connection: A Summary". United States Environmental Protection Agency. "Anthropegnic emissions of methane in the United States". Minneapolis, MN : Langdon Street, 2013. *Total manure produced in one day is 9.519105 billion lbs. August, 1997, Cassidy, Emily S, et al. It will be nice when this makes it to Netflix. You can watch it for free on their site/on youtube. Im going to translate to spanish so we can use it in ours activities to veganize the city! (New), Oppenlander, Richard A. xxi (New) As of 2016 the estimates of wild horses and burros has increased on the range to 67,027 and the amount of wild horses and burros in holding fcailities is more than 45,000. Volume 125. Thanks, Yes I would really like a copy for editing please. Climate change, water shortages, deforestation, species extinction, pollution, overfishing, habitat destruction…. BioScience. November 10, 2014 (New), Tilman, David, et al. The Convention on Biological Diversity, held in Nagoya, Japan, in October 2010 agreed that none of their goals from 2002 for lessening the rate of biodiversity loss were met. I’m really impressed by this infographic and would love to share it in German. June 13, 2014, "The Habitable Planet. of waste per day x 34.3 million calves, -Pigs, 14 lbs. "Causes of Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon". Others are in it out of compassion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Yep i’ll get you a copy sent over tomorrow when i’m back at the laptop. Print, "Food Facts: How Much Water Does it Take to Produce...?" Learn more by reading Meatonomics, by David Robinson Simon. For example, it left out the huge amount of work Greenpeace has done over the years to protect the Amazon from the cattle industry – work that is still paying off… http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/makingwaves/the-soya-moratorium-lives-on-but-what-will-fo/blog/51477/.